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What makes Biden Biden? The moral backbone that led the V.P. nominee to stand up to Milosevic and pass the Violence Against Women Act was bred into him by his father. If we must discuss plagiarism, let's talk exorcism too Republicans and the press love revisiting Joe Biden's past, but everybody -- including the possible GOP vice-presidential candidates -- has one. Dixie is gone with the wind No economic-populism-inspired revivals are going to turn the region blue. Virginia's Jim Webb is a lonely exception. How Democrats can take back the South The author of "Blue Dixie" says don't give up on the region -- but don't pander to it with Clintonian centrism. The fall of Bush's man in Pakistan Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end. The Newer Deal: The path to a Democratic supermajority How Democrats can win big in 2010 and beyond -- by doing the opposite of what they're doing now. Think FDR-style liberalism, not McGovern. A pre-convention memo to Hillary Clinton Ignore your sniping campaign team. Smart advisors would tell you to give Barack Obama your undivided support from now until Election Day. Illusions of victory under Bush How the U.S. wildly overestimated the use of military power in Bush's global war on terror. Putin's war enablers: Bush and Cheney Russia's escalating war on Georgia reveals the consequences of the Bush administration's long assault on the international rule of law. Johnny, I hardly knew ye After covering John Edwards -- and liking him -- for years, what I thought I knew about him was wrong. But reporters often misjudge candidates. The show trial in Guantánamo Why the conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver did nothing to undo the damage caused by Bush's policies in the war on terror. Putin's dangerous power politics As the Russian prime minister escalates a "hot war" in the Caucasus, will Europe and the U.S. intervene? New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11? I'm so bored with O-B-A-M-A It's not always a good thing to dominate the news cycle. Is "Obama Fatigue" for real, and is it a danger to the candidate? How conservative greed and corruption destroyed American politics Abramoff, DeLay, Norquist, oh my! The spectacular misrule of the GOP was not an accident. Fear and loafing in the Green Zone Welcome to Baghdad's post-decadent stronghold: Menacing Peruvian mercenaries, Chinese prostitutes, concealed beer and doughnuts -- and Iraqis eyeing a foreboding future. Wanting the White House in the worst way The pundits who adore John McCain wonder why he has adopted campaign tactics he once despised, but his compromise with the smear merchants began a long time ago. What's wrong with science as religion Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors. When war goes corporate Grave threats to our national security may now include the mass privatization of U.S. intelligence and military operations. Why Bush folded on Iran Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama.